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This will be our first time visiting PR. We are staying in OSJ (NOT renting a car). We'd like to visit the The Conservation & reserve a spot on the tour to see the edge of San Cristóbal Canyon (Friday Sept 27th).

My question: Is there public transportation available that we can take to the Conservation...or near the Conservation?

I also read on this site(www.topuertorico.org/gettopuertorico.shtml) about "addition to public transportation some cities provide "Lineas". Lineas are private taxis you share with three to five other passengers."

Has anyone used or can offer any information on them (there was no web/phone available)?

It is true that there is public transportation within towns, and that "lineas" do work. There are limitations as to time, and from which town to which town they travel.

To go from San Juan to Barranquitas on Public Transportation you will need to go to the public cars terminal in San Juan, wait for a car to "fill with passengers" to Caguas. From there another car to Cayey, another car to Aibonito, and another to Barranquitas (I don't now of a direct travel). Once in Barranquitas you are no where near the reservation, and it is another car to get near.

By the time you are there, you won't find cars to return to San Juan. La Linea won't work either, because they travel on a schedule of pick ups and it is not just for 5 people, they make sure to have about 10 for one trip.

I was on San Cristobal this weekend, with a knowledgeable person of the area, and it is not an easy hike. Today our joke at work is who hurts the most.

Forget the "carro publico" as they are called in Puerto Rico. It would take too long to get there and it just isn't practical. If you are not renting a car go with one of the tour groups mentioned above.

I use the linea service every time I visit PR. Personally, I love this service. But honestly, I do not recommend this or the publico service to non-locals. This is why: you have to be familiar with the service. Their services are VERY specific as far as where they go and where they stop. Publicos travel short distances (within a town/city), lineas travel long distances between 2 cities/towns.

Lineas require advance reservations, and publicos aren't reliable. Both sevices require a whole lot of patience while the drivers picks up and drops off other passengers. And while lineas require advance reservations and don't necessarily have to wait to fill up like publicos do, they're still not 100% reliable. I was once stood up and missed my flight, and the last time I barely made my flight because the driver had to wait when picking up passengers who weren't ready, and also decided to drop off other passengers that weren't in a hurry before dropping me off at the airport.

If you don't want to rent a car, I strongly recommend that you use a tour service.

Edited: 1:48 pm, September 17, 2013

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Re: Bus from OSJ to The Conservation in Barranquitas??

Sep 19, 2014, 1:21 AM

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